David Frum

06.22.128:30 AM ET

PETA Kills it in Virginia

Rabbits are offered for sale at Glodok market in Jakarta's Chinatown on February 3, 2011. Asia rang in the Year of the Rabbit with blasts of fireworks, colorful lion dances and prayers that the bunny will live up to its reputation for happiness and good fortune in 2011. Lunar New Year is celebrated in many parts of the predominantly Islamic country of 240 million people where Chinese heritage took roots thru ancient transmigration.  AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Douglas Anthony Cooper reports on the latest drama in the battle between PETA and its "no kill" critics: the attempt to pass a "no kill" rule in Norfolk, Virginia, where PETA does much of its animal euthanizing:

[PETA] is welcome to continue fundraising, and dancing in lettuce bikinis, and describing themselves as "vegans," despite killing more animals than all but the most brutal carnivores. So they like the name "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals." Fine. Throughout history, the self-righteous have enjoyed hypocritical titles.